pietica
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin pedica, with this form probably crossed with or influenced by pertica.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]pietica f (plural pietiche)
- a device used to hold tree trunks that are to be sawed
References
[edit]- ^ pietica in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “pietiche”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati